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Recognised as Colour

#7A01EE

  • #7A01EE
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Blue violet

#7A01EE is a violet with RGB values 122, 1, 238 and HSL 271°, 99%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#7A01EE#7A01EE
HEX#7A01EE
RGBrgb(122, 1, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.4784, 0.0039, 0.9333
RGB percentages47.8%, 0.4%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(270.6, 99.2%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(270.6, 99.6%, 93.3%)
CMYK48.7%, 99.6%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer7,995,886
CSS custom property--colour: #7A01EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.10332WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness104.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.85:1
Contrast with white6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#2C2C2C
Inverted#85FE11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#005CF3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43 from the original
Deuteranopia#0057EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Tritanopia#555E8Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 93.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 16.4Dark violet · ΔE 17.7Medium blue · ΔE 18.3Blue · ΔE 20.9Dark orchid · ΔE 31.4Fuchsia · ΔE 39.7
Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 16.43, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#75EE01
Analogous#0301EE, #EE01EC
Triadic#EE7A01, #01EE7A
Split complementary#ECEE01, #01EE03
Tetradic#EE0301, #75EE01, #01ECEE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEBCFF
Lighter +30%#C589FF
Lighter +20%#AC57FE
Lighter +10%#9324FE
Darker −10%#6001BB
Darker −20%#460188
Darker −30%#2C0056
Darker −40%#120023
More saturated +25%#7A00EF
Less saturated −25%#791FD0

Channel breakdown

R122
G1
B238
Red122 (47.8%)
Green1 (0.4%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue270.63°
Saturation (HSL)99.16%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 7A · G 01 · B EE

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